Back on Track

We ran today for the first time in 2 weeks. Yes, I have been totally slacking on triathlon training. And Gramper has been travelling, so today we finally ran together. I missed our bike ride yesterday. But it felt really good to run today. I like being physically active and healthy. And for the first time in a long time it wasn't oppressively hot outside! Praise the weather God!



Ben and I went on a date for the first time in a few weeks Saturday night. It was really fun! We went to a delicious pizza place and had some slices and shared 2 pitchers of cheap beer. It was exactly what I wanted. We were supposed to see Bourne Ultimatum but because of the beer and fun at the pizza place we missed our movie. So we ended up seeing Rush Hour 3. I have never seen any Rush Hour movies until this one. I have to say, even with 2 pitchers of beer in us, the movie kinda stunk. Maybe if we had had 2 pitchers of vodka the movie would have been funny. But despite the bad movie the date was wonderful and just what we both needed after a long week. Thank you Grammy and Gramper for babysitting Evie for us!!

Grammy is going to babysit Evie for us when Ben goes back to work after Labor Day. In anticipation of her new "job" Grammy has been researching info about 13 month old babies and what developmental toys and activities they should be doing. It is very sweet and just makes me feel so lucky that:

a. she wants to and is going to watch Evelyn for 30 hours a week for us for free.
b. she wants to teach Evelyn appropriate cool stuff and not just eat bon bons
while Evelyn runs a muck.

I couldn't have better family, I am truly so lucky. And Evelyn, well she is just in heaven. Grammy and Gramper went to Toys R Us yesterday and bought toys and puzzles, and activities and a slide for Evelyn's "school". Grammy has cleared out half her living room to make into Evie "school". It is super cool and so sweet. And Evelyn LOVES it! Oh and I ordered 5 DVDs and matching books from scholastic yesterday. The titles include Curious George, Good Night Gorilla, Corduroy, Giggle Giggle Quack, Tikki Tikki Tembo, and The Wheels on the Bus. I know she is too young to really read the books but she loves when we read books to her and let her turn the pages and by having the books and DVDs I think it will be really cool for her. I am excited because the books are so nostalgic and the DVDs should be a new fun element for us and her.



Oh and in other Evie news, we turned her car seat around to face forward. I haven't really been paying attention to her weight and age in that context. But in Grammy's research I read that at 20lbs and 1 year you can turn your kid around. Well, Evie is about 27 lbs and 13 months so I felt comfortable turning her around. It is so exciting! She'll have a whole new view of the world. I haven't driven her anywhere yet but I am really looking forward to today when I drive her to playgroup.



p.s. Sorry the photos are so small. I am trying a new image hosting site because photobucket is down right now. If you click on the images you can see them a little bit bigger.